New legislation introduced in Congress last week seeks to strengthen the Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor food safety. The measures one bill that was introduced in the Senate and another that was...
Sales of natural and organic products have been during the past few months, the chief executive officer of United Natural Foods told SN last week. In an interview following the release of second-quarter earnings...
The $787 billion economic stimulus package signed into law last week should provide some tax breaks for retailers who invest in new equipment or hire certain individuals, according to industry trade groups. There are...
Publix Super Markets retained the top spot among supermarkets in an annual survey of customer satisfaction released last week. The Lakeland, Fla.-based retailer scored an 82 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index...
Comparable-store sales declined 4% at Whole Foods Market in the first quarter marking the first negative comps number in the company's 29-year history but efforts to cut costs resulted in better-than-expected profits...
Mike Vail helped play the role of midwife during the birth of Sweetbay Supermarkets now he's charged with ushering the chain into adulthood. The president and chief operating officer of Sweetbay since last June, Vail...
On Wall Street and Main Street food retailers generally fared better than other retailers in 2008, but now it's a whole new year. So far in 2009, some of the industry's better performers from last year Kroger, Wal...
Supermarket stocks plunged along with the rest of the market yesterday after an analyst issued a report downgrading Kroger and Safeway and speculating that a difficult price war among food retailers was likely to...
Supermarket operators are bracing for a prolonged economic slowdown that will put pressure on their profitability, according to a survey of food retailers conducted last month by SN. Recovery from the economic...